Jungle Pixie

Good Morning Monday! It is cold and rainy again here in NC. AT least no snow today, I hope :) My kids have lost almost their whole spring break at this point. Geesh.

OK, so today I have for you my card that I made for this weeks Pixie Challenge over at the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge blog. It is a color challenge this week...Red/Pink/Black/White...fun colors if you know me!! So, I chose Jungle Pixie...who was just screaming to be colored in pinks and black. Plus, BONUS...I got to use my new Tiger Stripe Sizzix embossing folder! It is so cool :) I embossed it on some pink Bo Bunny pattern paper, then rubbed the embossed areas with my Black Memento pad.

My favorite part of this image are her cute combat boots! Hehe. I got to practice my black/gray coloring quite a bit here and on her hair as well. I am so happy I stumbled onto Pixie Dust Studio! I don't remember whose blog I followed there a couple of weeks back, but thanks! I am totally loving all the digi image available now! I can't seem to afford to buy any real stamps lately, so this new trend really helps a girl to get new fresh images to play with!!

OK, SO I have to head next door to work in a few minutes. I am sitting at my local Coffee shop chilling for just a few minutes. So, have a great Monday. I will be back tomorrow with InStyle Stamps previews!

-Cyndi

ISS Color Challenge

I have 2 cards for you today. They are both using InStyle stamps images :) The first is "Marissa", a digi coming soon to the ISS store. I made this card for this months Club anime Color Challenge. If you want to play along with us, you can find all the details at the Club Anime blog.

Marissa was colored with Copics, then I matched her up to the purple in the Little Yellow Bicycle print, the pink scrap from my stash, and the wine cs. The wine I ran through my Cuttlebug with a QuicKutz folder then added white dots to the raised dots in the middle of the diamond patterns. The sentiment is by Lizzie Anne Designs, from the set "Sketched SEntiments"

My second card I made for the InStyle Stamps Wednesday challenge this week..."Kiss the Girl" and to use Turquoise and Red. This is "Mike & Jessie", another digi from InSTyle.

OK, its been a long day. I had 2 copic classes today and ran kids around all over the place! Have a great Valentine's Day tomorrow!

-Cyndi

Fluffles, my heart belongs to You!

Oh, sweet fluffles, I just love this kitty. He is my favorite character from Stampendous!. Here he is shooting cupids arrows at who knows who!

This was supposed to be a very simple little card for Michael to send as his Valentines, but it still turned out too much. We ended up with a waaay easier version with Changito instead. I didn't get a pic of that though, sorry.

So, no time to chat today, I have to head into work...big sale today, then I have 2 copic classes to teach tomorrow! Have a great Friday :) -Cyndi

You're my cup of tea

Good morning! I have for you today a card that I made for the Lizzie Anne Designs sketch challenge this week. You can see the sketch HERE on their blog. I used one of my new sets that I caved and bought while at CHA . I have always loved their images and I own a ton, but haven't bought any in a long while, what with trying to be a bit more thrifty. But this set was just calling my name!

Its called Tea Time and its the most adorable collection of tea pots, handles, spouts, and cups that can all be mixed and matched! Totally fun! My combo I colored with copics to match this fun "Mimosa" paper by SEI that also found its way home with me from CHA. The colors are shown and listed below.
The paper behind the striped SEI layer is actually the back of :Flirty Stripe" by Bo Bunny...but the pink was a near perfect match! the cardstock is by American Crafts but I don't recall the name of the brown.

OK, I have to head off to work now, so have a great day and thanks for stopping in!

-Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Tea Time (Lizzie Anne Designs)
• Paper: white cs (Neenah); brown cs (American Crafts); pink (Bo Bunny); stripe (SEI)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
• Accessories: circle punches (EK Success); ribbon (stash); Copic markers: YG01, YG13, YG93, R81, R83, R85, YR61, YR65, E55, E57, C1 (Imagination International)

Stampendous! Birthday cards

Have you been over to the Stampendous! blog lately? They linked up all of the 2009 Design Team's blogs for you to go check out! There is some awesome talent on this list and I am humbled and thrilled to be included among them! And I can;t even begin to tell you what a thrill it was to open the new 2010 catalog and find tons of my cards n there...published! How cool! I have a handful of cards for you this morning, all using Stampendous! images, and all birthday themed! I wanted to show you a bunch more of the samples that I created for the January 2010 Stampendous! catalog, but it seems most of mine that went into the catalog are all summer and 4th of July! So, it seems you will just have to wait a couple of months for those :)

Instead, here are a couple of cards I sent in for another project. The first is Using "Freedom Cupcakes" and a sentiment from the set "Happy Messages". These cupcakes are so cute....they come in pieces, tos, bottoms, decorations, and accessories so that you can mix and match. I colored mine in with copics then added a lot of yummy Stampendous! glitter of course! (Tigerlily & Green)

The green background paper is Bo Bunny Double Dots, the orange dots are from the Basic Grey Lime Rickey Collection. The border punch is Fiskars' Treading Water.

Next up is a smaller card size than I usually make, but I am really starting to like this canvas size...3 1/2 x 5. The background paper is from the We Are Memory Keepers White Out Collection. I used these colors to pick out my Copic markers for the image. This image is one stamp, from a small Stampendous! set called :Two You". It is such an adorable little set and can be combined with so many of the other cute birthday sets :) And, once again, glitter in Tigerlily, Green, and Blue.

And, last up is a card that did get submitted and published in the latest catalog (for more of my catalog samples scroll down a few days to previous posts). This flower is from the Stampendous! set "April Showers:, (my favorite flower set until the new "Loopy Blooms"!) The flowers again are all mix & match, which I LOVE, plus the "happy" and "birthday" sentiments are just 2 of many in the set.

Again, the flower is colored with Copics (what else is there, right??). The border punch is by EK Success, and the brad is from Basic Grey.

Ok, that about does it for me this morning! I have tons of computer work to catch up on, including some for my real job. Have a great Hump Day! Thanks for stopping in!

-Cyndi

Stepping up My Scrapbooking

I meant to get this post finished for yesterday to start up on my Scrappy Sunday posts again, but alas...as usual my plans didn't quite work out. So here it is Monday and here is my page for you, It seems like I haven't scrapbooked in like forever. And of course this one still isn't really for me.

I had planned out the page when I had thought of submitting an entry for the 2010 Spellbinders Team. But I decided against submitting at the last minute. So, thats why none of my children are on the page. I had wanted to use my friend Heather's new baby McKenna but couldn't get my hands on a picture. So instead I used one that my son Perry took of the neighbors adorable little girl, Tatum. I guess now I should give this page to her mom, huh?

OK, on to the page elements. My favorite part is the "On the Vine Border". I cut it out of the green part of a My Minds Eye pp, then airbrushed it with my copics and ABS1 with a slightly darker shade of green. Then, while still in the die, I added some Moonlight White smooch to parts of the leaves over the copic markered areas The little flowers are from "Flower Creations 1". They were done the same way...cut, embossed, airbrushed, then smooched.
The border around the center panel was one with "Labels 5". I cut out and airbrushed a bunch of these then cut them in half and placed them around 2 sides of the center piece, adding some little gems to the points. Tatum's name is done with a Glitter pen from American Crafts and the first letter is cut with a Spellbinders alphabet die. The letters are on a piece cut with "Fancy Tags".

To finish I added a few more flowers done with "Flower Creations 1" and some ribbon of course. I think the page turned out gorgeous, but it did not photograph so well. Click on any image to get a close up and better view.

OK, so I have to head off to work now, Have a great week and thanks for stopping in!

-Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps:none
• Paper: Abbey Road collection (My Minds Eye); white cs (Neenah)
• Ink: Versacolor
• Accessories: Moonllight White smooch; gems (Hero ARts); ribbon (May Arts); glitter pen (American Crafts); copics & ABS1 (Imagination International); Labels 5, Fancy Tags, Flower Cretaions 1, On the Vine (Spellbinders)

SC266: Gothic Roxy

Here's the card I made for this weeks sketch challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers. I used a digi image from The Greeting Farm that I bought and colored a few weeks ago but never got around to finishing.

Gothic Roxy is colored to match the fun paper that I bought by Sassafras Lass which has been calling my name. I also used my new Animal Print Sizzix folder on the green panel, but its hard to see in the photo.

(ETA) Oh! And I forgot, I am also entering this card for Cute Card Thursday's "Spots & Dots" challenge.

Another post is right behind this one, so look out! Thanks for visiting! -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Gothic Roxy digi (The Greeting Farm); Birthday wishes (A Muse)
• Paper: Turquoise, pink, green cs (Core'dinations); white cs (Neenah); pp (Sassafras Lass)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
• Accessories: brads (Bazzill); flower (Prima); Zebra print embossing folder (Sizzix); punches (SU!); Copic markers

Pixie Challenge #7

I can't believe the sun finally decided to come out and play here in North Carolina....thanks Mr Sunshine!! So in honor of spring days to come I colored my Pixie with bright fun colors! This is "Catching Hearts", a digi stamp available at Pixie Dust Studio.

I used her for this weeks Pixie Challenge, which is to create a decorative border. Well, hmm. I always use borders. So I had to do something different. So I thought I would try out my new Bazzill gem templates. I got the border set, and it is so very cool! I used it along with Crimson gems on the left side of my card.

My Pixie is colored with the copics pictured below to match the stripes in the Bo Bunny valentine paper that I used. The background cardstock is also by Bo Bunny, called Double Dots. I LOVE this stuff!!! And there are NEW colors this year!!
The sentiment is from a Stampendous! set called "Changito Valentines". I cut it out with a small Blossom Nestabilities and then airbrushed the center. Its then layered on a Heart Nestabilitie (both dies are by Spellbinders).

I love this little digi! so glad I popped in one day and saw this pretty new company! Go check the images out at Pixie Dust Studio. All are fun and whimsical for the inner child :) I downloaded a few more that you will be seeing in the days and weeks to come too! (digis are so much more affordiable than real stamps)

I also created another border around my digi image... a hand drawn broken line connected with little hearts. And I gave her a few matching gems on her dress, and of course a bow made with the most adorable scrap of ribbon I found in my stash. SUpplies are listed below.

As always, I appreciate your visit and love to get your comments! Have a great weekend :)

-Cyndi

• SUpplies:
• Stamps: Catching Hearts digi (Pixie Dust Studio); Changito Valentines (Stampendous!)
• Paper: white cs (Neenah); WIld Berry Red & Mint Dot, Flirty Stripe (Bo Bunny)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cardinal Versacolor (Tsukineko)
• Accessories: Hearts standard & Blossom Nestabilties (Spellbinders); Border gem templates & Cardinal gems (Bazzill); ribbon from stash; Copic markers E00, E000, E11, C9,C7, C5, C3, YG11, YG13, RV21, RV23, R29, BG000, BG02, B04, Melon & Lipstick SPicas, ABS1 (Imagination International)

CAS6

OK, I FINALLY felt like stamping today! Woohoo! Still a bit tired, but I think the bug has finally flown away from my humble abode :) So...I had to do my card for the Club ANime sketch challenge that was due a couple of days back. This is "Chickie", a whimsy image available from InStyle Stamps. She was just calling out to me to color tonight!

I used some fun papers called "Season Collection" from Crate Paper for this sketch. All the papers were distressed with Versacolor ink cubes on the edges. The Oval panel and the sentiment panel were airbrushed with copics and masked with a Spellbinders die for the oval and post its for the sentiment.

Chickie was printed pretty big...a real bonus of digi-stamps :) You can print whatever size you want, flip the image, etc. Pretty cool. I colored her with the copics pictured below.

The sentiment is a new stamp available from Stampendous! called "Bird day". OK, thats it for now. I have more stuff for you for the next couple of days though, yeah me!! Have a great weekend...thanks for visiting and please say hi! Your comments make me happy :)

-Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Chickie digi stamp (InSTyle Stamps); Bird day (Stampendous!)
• Paper: pp (Crate Paper); white cs (Neenah); Java (Bazzill)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo, Paprika, Mountain Laurel Versacolor (Tsukineko)
• Accessories: Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); jumbo scallop scissors (EK Success); white gel pen (Uniball); brads (Basic Grey); Copic markers: YG21, YG23, YG93, R02, R05, R08, BG10, BG45, BG49, ABS1 (Imagination International)

Stampendous! 2010 Spring Catalog

Hey guys! I am sitting in my basement thinking spring while outside the weather is anything but. We have had a VERY unusual amount of snow for NC. I don't think in my 41 years I have seen this much except maybe in the mid 70s one year.

(This post was started a few days ago, but never posted thanks to the flu bug that hit our house. Yuck. So, since I so totally do not feel like going downstairs to the stamproom, I will finish it! And yes, the weather still sucks.)

Anywho, I needed something to post so I thought I would start to pull up some of my cards that I created for the NEW Stampendous! catalog :) I didn't tell anyone about that yet, did I? I am such a tease!!

So, I think I ended up with about 14 cards or layouts in the new catalog! How cool is that? Hehe! SO here is one of my favs. It uses May Flowers for all the flowers and the stems are from April Showers. The pattern paper is from K& Co and the white border is punched with a Martha Stewart loopy border punch (from EK Success).

If you haven't seen the new catalog yet, they are also available to purchase in stores or online. We will have some at Enchanted Cottage as soon as we put in our order for the new items! It is absolutely fabuolus! Over 200 pages and TONS of samples! Keep checking out the Stampendous! blog for more peeks at new products!

So thats it for now! Have a great night :) -Cyndi